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Scientific Notation

Total questions: 39

Worksheet time: 42mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
How would you write 4.3756 x 10in standard form?
a)
437,560,000
b)
0.00043756
c)
43,756
d)
4,3756
2.
How would you write 0.0005 in scientific notation?
a)
50 x 105
b)
5 x 104
c)
5 x 103
d)
.5 x 103
3.
How would you write -5.6 x 10-3 in standard form?
a)
0.0056
b)
-5,600
c)
0.00056
d)
-0.0056
4.
Scientific Notation is made up of two number parts. The first part should be a number between 1 and 100.
a)
True
b)
False
5.
Scientific Notation is made up of two number parts. The second part is a power of base 10.
a)
True
b)
False
6.
When writing a number in scientific notation, the first number must be greater than 1, but less than 10.
a)
False
b)
True
7.
The rule of scientific notation is to write all exponents with a base of ____.
a)
50
b)
5
c)
100
d)
10
8.
How do you write
1001
in scientific notation?
a)
1.0001 x 104
b)
1.01 x 105
c)
1.001 x 103
d)
10.1 x 103
9.
How do you write
8.317 x 106
in standard form?
a)
8, 371, 000
b)
83, 170, 000
c)
837, 100
d)
8, 317, 000
10.
Which of the following is correct scientific notation?
a)
20.35 x 104
b)
.2035 x 104
c)
2035 4
d)
2.035 x104
11.
Express the following in scientific notation:
.000457
a)
457 x 106
b)
457 x 10-6
c)
4.57 x104
d)
4.57 x 10-4
12.
Express the following in standard notation:
8.025 x 10-8
a)
.00000008025
b)
.000000008025
c)
802,500,000,000
d)
80,250,000,000
13.
Express the following in standard notation:
8.025 x 10-8
a)
.00000008025
b)
.000000008025
c)
802,500,000,000
d)
80,250,000,000
14.
Express the following in scientific notation:
.000045
a)
4.5 x 10-5
b)
45 x 10-6
c)
4.5 x105
d)
45 x 106
15.
Express the following in scientific notation:
10,030,400,000
a)
1.00304 x 109
b)
1.00304 x 1010
c)
1.00403 x 1010
d)
1.00304 x10-10
16.
Express the following in scientific notation:
0.0000002203
a)
.02203 x 107
b)
22.03 x 10-6
c)
2.203 x 10-7
d)
22.03 x 106
17.
Convert to scientific notation:
520,000,000  
a)
52 x 107
b)
5.2 x 107
c)
5.2 x 108
d)
0.52 x 109
18.
Convert to standard notation:
2.4 x 10-3 
a)
2400
b)
0.24
c)
0.024
d)
0.0024
19.
What is scientific notation?
a)
A long way to write really short  numbers
b)
A short way to write really long numbers
c)
I don't know...
d)
None of the above
20.
Which of the following is correct scientific notation?
a)
20.35 x 104
b)
.2035 x 104
c)
2035 4
d)
2.035 x104
21.
UNDERSTANDING
If the exponent is a positive number...
a)
you will get a large number
b)
you will get a smaller number
22.
UNDERSTANDING
If the exponent is a negative number...
a)
you will get a large number
b)
you will get a small number
23.
Which one of these is in scientific notation?
a)
8.987000
b)
8.98 x 106
c)
80.987 x 10
d)
8.986
24.
Jack-o-lanterns were originally carved from: 
a)
turnips
b)
carrots
c)
apples
d)
acorn squash
25.
Which of these ingredients was used to make the first candy apple?
a)
cinnamon candies
b)
cherry jell-o powder
c)
melted cherry lollipops
d)
red caramel
26.
Most of the candy purchased for Halloween is: 
a)
gummy candy
b)
hard candy
c)
chocolate
d)
bubble gum
27.
Day of the Dead (Dia de los Muertos) originated in this Spanish-speaking country:
a)
Bolivia
b)
Mexico
c)
Cuba
d)
Costa Rica
28.
In the 1966 TV special, 'It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown,' Charlie Brown gets these while trick-or-treating:
a)
apples
b)
clumps of dirt
c)
rocks
d)
shoes
29.
How did the tradition of bobbing for apples get started?
a)
It was a matchmaking game for young singles.
b)
A health organization started it as an alternative to trick-or-treating.
c)
Superstitious people thought it would ward off ghosts.
d)
It marked the end of the apple harvest.
30.
Identify the candy in the picture.
a)
runts
b)
twizzlers nibs
c)
jolly ranchers
d)
laffy taffy
31.

Some parts of the Halloween tradition are as old as...

a)

50 years

b)

200 years

c)

500 years

d)

2000 years

32.

Trick-or-treating is based on activities called...

a)

begging and stealing

b)

souling and guising

c)

laughing and whining

d)

bullying and fighting

33.

The modern, family-friendly and child-centered Halloween has been celebrated since the...

a)

1800s

b)

1920s

c)

1950s

d)

1980s

34.

Halloween is most popular in...

a)

America

b)

England

c)

Ireland

d)

Finland

35.

Multiply:

(4 x 105)(5 x 10-3)

a)

20 x 102

b)

20 x 10-8

c)

2 x 103

d)

2 x 10

36.

Solve:

(6 x 106) / (2 x 103)

a)

12 x 103

b)

3 x 109

c)

1.2 x 1010

d)

3 x 103

37.
Write the answer in scientific notation.
7.3 x 105  +   3.7 x 105  =
a)
11.0 x 105
b)
1.1 x 1010
c)
1.1 x 1011
d)
1.1 x 10 6
38.

Solve:

(7 x 1015) + (5 x 1015)

a)

12 x 1030

b)

1.2 x 1015

c)

12 x 1015

d)

1.2 x 1016

39.

(1.9 x 10-9) - (1.7 x 10-9)

a)

0.2 x 10-18

b)

0.2 x 10-9

c)

2 x 10-18

d)

2 x 10-10